Draft: Can you answer this Jonas Hiller trivia?

The entry draft, which begins Friday in St. Paul, Minn., is no doubt a gigantic part of the rebuilding process that is the reality of operating an NHL team.

It is not, however, the answer to every question.

For example, do you know when Jonas Hiller was drafted? Never. The Ducks signed him as a free agent out of Switzerland in 2007. Fellow Ducks Jason Blake, Sheldon Brookbank and Andy Sutton also went undrafted.

The NHL has long tradition of players who went from nowhere in the draft to stardom in the league. Among those currently playing are Dan Boyle, Niklas Backstrom and Martin St. Louis.

So, as important as the events of Friday and Saturday will be for the future of the Ducks, those events aren't the end of construction.

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